{"product_id":"don-cherry-blue-lake-2lp-rsd26","title":"Don Cherry - Blue Lake (2LP) (RSD26)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis product is a RECORD STORE DAY 2026 title and is not available to pre-order or reserve. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis item will be sold on a first come, first served basis in-store from 8am on Record Store Day (RSD) on Saturday 18th April 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRemaining copies will be available to buy online from 8pm on Monday 20\/04\/2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe spirit of Don Cherry soars again. For Record Store Day 2026, Charly Records and BYG Records present the first-ever official reissue of Blue Lake, Cherry’s transcendent live set originally released in 1974 only in Japan and long out of print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFully restored and remastered from the original master tapes, this deluxe 2LP gatefold edition brings back to life one of the rarest treasures in the avant-jazz canon — a record that has fetched hundreds of dollars on the collector market for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing the success of last year’s Record Store Day release of 'Orient' — which captured music from the same 1971 concert — this long-awaited companion volume completes the picture of Cherry’s pan-global vision: a sound that dissolves borders and dances between jazz, folk, and world ritual.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded live in Paris on April 22, 1971, the performance captures Cherry at his creative zenith, alongside South African bassist Johnny Dyani and Turkish percussionist Okay Temiz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe trio moves like a living organism — fluid, spontaneous, and deeply spiritual.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe opening piece, Blue Lake, finds Cherry on flute, channeling Native American inflections that blend seamlessly with Far-Eastern tonalities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe following two extended compositions — each stretching past the twenty-five-minute mark — are sprawling journeys of rhythm and resonance, rich with cross-cultural dialogue and ecstatic improvisation. This deluxe reissue comes housed in a beautiful gatefold sleeve and features new, in-depth liner notes by acclaimed jazz writer Kevin Le Gendre, offering fresh insight into Cherry’s universal musical philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA lost masterpiece, reborn for Record Store Day 2026 — Don Cherry’s Blue Lake: the sound of freedom without frontiers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch5\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h5\u003eTBC","brand":"LASGO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57896360214909,"sku":null,"price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0035\/5008\/5193\/files\/DonCherry-BlueLake-1.jpg?v=1772664461","url":"https:\/\/www.waxandbeans.co.uk\/products\/don-cherry-blue-lake-2lp-rsd26","provider":"Wax and Beans","version":"1.0","type":"link"}